Complicity - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

the traditional ultimatum game and reverse ultimatum game help explain the dynamics of BA-ROFR? A: You might as well ask how experiments helped explain the BA-ROFR. Contracts exist in a complicated world, and there's a lot more going on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation

07 Jun 2021
Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

Harvard’s and the Metropolitan Museum’s seven-digit-or-more gifts tend to be handled by the CEO and professional development staff. These organizations have large staffs of major gifts officers, sophisticated databases, and computer software. The role of a donor... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

Author's note: Over the past few weeks, I have been asking CEOs attending programs I teach at Harvard Business School a simple question: What is keeping you awake at night during this global pandemic? They've mentioned numerous View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

01 Jan 2013
News

Thai Lee, MBA 1985

hospice care, but Lee refused to give up. Researching treatment options, she found doctors at Johns Hopkins who performed complicated surgeries. Today, Margaret is cancer-free, and much of Lee's philanthropy focuses on improving outcomes... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

our schools." The ability of these lenses to shed new light on complicated problems has been proven in contexts ranging from national defense to semiconductors; from health care to retailing; and from automobiles to financial... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

March 2015
Case

BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White

BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy

Citation

Educators

Purchase

03 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit

It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

Profile

Dilan Gomih

Although trading was “an incredible experience that forced me to be detail oriented and whet my appetite for risk," Dilan felt called to leadership. Reflecting upon her work experience—in trading, media, and wellness instruction—she “realized my skill set is in... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Entertainment/Media

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

Why in the world would anyone take the time to write complicated software programs for free? It's a good question, one that has piqued the curiosity of a number of economists, who wonder what benefits, if any, lie behind the burgeoning... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

game. I won’t make any predictions, except that I would say that baseball is working hard to try to restore the revenue side and the attendance side. It’s complicated to determine what constitutes a trend. I would simply say they’re... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

activity, and even when provided with free supplies, people continue to wash their hands without soap—if they wash their hands at all. “If you look at these public health initiatives, you see that they are often a complicated combination... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

15 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

leader does matter.) Because there is not only a business, but also an ownership group and a family that need capable leadership, a family business system is much more complicated than other kinds of business organizations. Leading these... View Details

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

descendants of the town of Rosewood, which was destroyed in a massacre similar to Tulsa’s in 1923. View Video Video: Representative Goodwin says that "we never got back to what we could have been” after the Tulsa Massacre. The issue becomes more View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

decent wages. Even strictly humanitarian organizations are now calling for changes in the underlying structures of the societies in which they operate. This complicates things somewhat for nonprofit organizations since being an effective... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

the first time in my life. Becca's existence has been beyond meaningful to me. Her ultimate happiness is one of my priorities and a great primer for when, by God’s grace, I become a father of my own. #EverydayLove Love should not be an over View Details

10 Sep 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

to have them acknowledge the connection. HAF cofounder and board member Aseem Shukla wrote a 2010 piece for the Washington Post's On Faith column called "The Theft of Yoga." In it, Shukla blasted the "facile complicity of... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

of it as superhuman—especially if AI is solving complicated problems such as 100 percent accuracy in self-driving cars and medical diagnosis. You have to help them understand that the performance of ML products improves over time (it’s... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

29 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

inevitable complications Though founders typically allow more time—and often buffer generous time-to-market estimates—they seem blind to the myriad interconnections and changes that subsequent products will require, the study found. That... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

06 Jun 2008
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?

(deep thinking) needs to be learned." This raises the question of whether it can be taught. Frances Pratt comments, "To get deep we must be deep." The issue is complicated by uncertainties about just what "deep... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Web

Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

disorder immediately. HHT has no cure or FDA approved treatment yet, and severe complications can arise if it is not properly diagnosed or treated. People living with rare diseases, like HHT, suffer from increased mortality and reduced... View Details

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